Running time: 19min 55sec
Country/region: China
Directors: Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Producer: Zhiwen Leng
Writers: Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Production Company: Almost Red Productions
Sound Editor: Roberto F. Canuto
Cinematographer: Yong Guo
Editors: Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Showing as part of Family Matters – a selection of shorts.
Synopsis: A transgender Chinese woman receives news of her mother’s death. As the only ‘son’, she feels obligated to return to her birthplace in the mountains, even though she’ll have to hide her true self from family and friends.
Awards:
55th Gijón International Film Festival (Spain) – AWARD Best Short Film – Laboral Cinemateca Shorts
17th Aviles Accion Film Festival (Spain) – AWARD Best Short – Film Journalist Mention Award
15th Alicante Film Festival (Spain) – AWARD Best LGBT Short Film
5th Requena… y !Acción! Short Film Festival (Spain) – AWARD Best Actor
9th Kashish, Mumbai Int. Queer Film Festival (India) – SPECIAL MENTION Best Int. Short Film
9th Kashish, Mumbai Int. Queer Film Festival (India) – SPECIAL MENTION Best Actor
10th ShanghaiPRIDE Int. Film Festival (China) – Award Best Script, Nominated Best Film
